Configuring Access Manager With a Secure Sun Java
System Web Server

This section describes how to configure Access Manager in SSL mode with
Sun Java System Web Server.

To Configure a Secure Web Server

Login to the Access Manager Console as amadmin.

Click Configuration, System Properties, and then Platform.

Under Server Instance, click the server name.

Change the http:// protocol to the https:// protocol.

Click OK and then Save.

Note –

Be sure to click Save. If you don’t, you will still be able
to continue with the following steps, but all configuration changes you have
made will be lost, and you will not be able to log in as administrator to
fix it.

Login to the Web Server console. The default port is 8888.

Select the Web Server instance on which Access Manager is running
and click Manage.

The console displays a pop-up window explaining
that the configuration has changed. Click OK.

Click Apply and then Apply Changes.

Click Apply Changes.

Web Server should automatically
restart. Click OK to continue.

Stop the selected Web Server instance.

Click the Security Tab.

Click on Create Database.

Enter the new database password and click OK.

Ensure
that you write down the database password for later use.

Once the Certificate Database has been created, click on Request
a Certificate.

Enter the data in the fields provided in the screen.

The
Key Pair Field Password field is the same as you entered in Step 9. In the
location field, you will need to spell out the location completely. Abbreviations,
such as CA, will not work. All of the fields must be defined. In the Common
Name field, provide the hostname of your Web Server.

Enter the Certificate Database password in the text field and
select Start.

Next Steps

If you are configuring Access Manager certificate authentication with
an SSL-enabled Web Server 6.1 instance and want Web Server to accept both
certificate-based and non- certificate-based authentication requests, set
the following value in the Web Server obj.conf file: